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Weir, Alison,
1951-,
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Queens of the age of chivalry.
Queens of the age of chivalry.
Book Three
1299-1409
[BOOK] /
Alison Weir.
First edition.
New York :
Ballantine Books,
[2022]
xxviii, 546 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :
illustrations (some color), maps ;
25 cm.
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England's medieval queens
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The Age of Chivalry describes a period of medieval history dominated by the social, religious, and moral code of knighthood that prized noble deeds, military greatness, and the game of courtly love between aristocratic men and women. It was also a period of high drama in English history, which included the toppling of two kings, the Hundred Years War, the Black Death, and the Peasants’ Revolt. Feudalism was breaking down, resulting in social and political turmoil. Against this dramatic milieu, Alison Weir describes the lives and reigns of five queen consorts: Marguerite of France was seventeen when she became the second wife of sixty-year-old King Edward I. Isabella of France, later known as “the She-Wolf,” dethroned her husband, Edward II, and ruled England with her lover. In contrast, Philippa of Hainault was a popular queen to the deposed king’s son Edward III. Anne of Bohemia was queen to Richard II, but she died young and childless. Isabella of Valois became Richard’s second wife when she was only six years old, but was caught up in events when he was violently overthrown.
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Isabella
Queen, consort of Edward II, King of England
1292-1358.
Margaret
Queen, consort of Edward I, King of England
1279?-1318.
Philippa
Queen, consort of Edward III, King of England
1369.
Anne
Queen, consort of Richard II, King of England
1366-1394.
Isabella
of Valois, Queen, consort of Richard II, King of England.
Plantagenet, House of.
Queens
England
Biography.
Great Britain
History
Plantagenets, 1154-1399
Biography.
England's medieval queens.